Klonopin prescribed for wine country flight - when is it safe to drink?

[Anonymous]

This post seems to trigger a lot of folks, understandably, because mental health is a sensitive issue and many people do become addicted to benzos. However, many people do not; they use them responsibly and as prescribed. I think it's useful not to project doom-and-gloom scenarios ("you need to get clean?") onto others, even if you personally have had negative experiences. Many people do not, and these medications can serve a useful purpose.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No you want Xanax.

OP here. I have tried Xanax in the past with little to no effect.

Just so you know, Klonopin is even less effective. I am not sure why the doctor would even give you this.

Not OP. Stop giving medical advice. This a decision for OP’s doctor and OP. OP did not ask for feedback on whether the doctor chose the proper med.

I personally find klonopin to be extremely helpful. I will take it daily for multiple weeks and then go off for a period and haven’t personally had any issues with it.

Who is giving medical advice? I shared my experience after taking it for an entire year at the direction of MY doctor. He prescribed it for daily use at bedtime, which is borderline malpractice. So no, I will not stop sharing because it offends your fragile mind. It's also very rich that you would proceed to share YOUR experience with it just like I did. The stupidity is unreal.

You or someone else is saying that Xanax is better than Klonopin, that Klonopin doesn’t work, and that the dose is probably too low. None of these is true. To be clear, this isn’t sharing your experience. That would be saying, “I didn’t find Klonopin effective and preferred Xanax.” Instead you spoke as though your experience was universally applicable.

Are you a medical doctor with a specialty in psychiatry? If not, your personal experience with the drug is just as valid as mine. You aren't going to silence me boo.

No one is “silencing” you. You haven’t been speaking about your personal experience. You’ve categorically labeled drugs as more and less effective and question OP’s doctor’s prescribing decisions.

Because I've been on them. Get lost.

Your behavior is bizarre. Your experience is valid. Your extrapolating your experience into a general rule universally applicable is not.

I too have been on those medications and appear to have had a very different experience from you.

It's bizarre to attack me for sharing how I reacted to the medication while expecting OP to take your experience as more valid than mine.

No one attacked you. I said it’s inappropriate to give medical advice, which OP was not seeking. You made categorical statements about the effectiveness of two drugs, questioned OP’s doctor, and made no reference to your personal experience at all.

And I wasn't giving medical advice. If you knew anything about the medication you're taking you'd know that doctors start everyone on the lowest dose which in vast majortiy of cases has zero to very litte efficacy. Perhaps educated yourself before you start pickig dumb fights online. It's so weird that you're so fixated on me. Get help.

It’s odd how obsessed you are with having the last word here. You continue to refuse to speak to your specific experience and making sweeping, unsubstantiated statements about effectiveness and dose. It’s not appropriate, responsive, substantiated, or medically sound.

So move past it and leave me alone. Others are capable of deciding whether to take what I say to heart.

but again, you have no idea what you're talking about. You just think you do.

I’m speaking from my personal experience about my personal experience. So I do very much know what I’m talking about.

Are you a psychiatrist? A physician at all?

AND SO DO I!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Once again, you’re not actually speaking about your personal experience. You’re making general, unsubtantiated statements about dosage and efficacy, which is neither appropriate nor what OP asked for.

You repeating that dumb shit will not miraculously make it come true.

“Dumb shit” like saying general statements about drug efficacy should be supported by empirical evidence.

You are as dumb as you are exhausting.

No one is forcing you to respond.

[Anonymous]

Hi OP,

I’m so sorry you’re dealing with the fear of flying. I would be too, if I’d been in an accident! I have no opinions on meds, but I have found the IG account @airplanefactswithmax to be very helpful in calming some of my anxieties about flying.

Enjoy your wine tasting trip!

[Anonymous]

It’s pretty fun to listen to all the bickering among obviously brittle people over their favorite benzos. — NP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No you want Xanax.

NP. Second this. Terrified flier. 1/2 of small dose helps me immensely for flying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s pretty fun to listen to all the bickering among obviously brittle people over their favorite benzos. — NP

When you have epilepsy, I promise you have an opinion on favorite benzos.

(Stop making harmful assumptions about people. Anxiety is also a real medical condition. In any case, I’m similarly passionate about my favorite ulcerative colitis drug.)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You sure like your substances

This! op needs to get clean.

No one asked you for your thoughts on the appropriateness of benzos.

It's the benzo fueled ride on the way to drink her ass off which gave me pause.

[Anonymous]

lol. I have to take a happy pill(s) to reach my drinking destination.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This post seems to trigger a lot of folks, understandably, because mental health is a sensitive issue and many people do become addicted to benzos. However, many people do not; they use them responsibly and as prescribed. I think it's useful not to project doom-and-gloom scenarios ("you need to get clean?") onto others, even if you personally have had negative experiences. Many people do not, and these medications can serve a useful purpose.

I posted that I occasionally take half a Klonopin and this thread is seriously whack.

OP, hang in there! Try not to stress about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:lol. I have to take a happy pill(s) to reach my drinking destination.

You should definitely get on something. You're not well.

[Anonymous]

Skip the klonipin and just drink on the flight?

Just kidding.

I’ve taken .5 of Xanax for scary medical procedures like MRI in the morning and been fine to have wine by night. I know klonopin lasts longer so I’d probably not drink the same day you take it. But the next day I would be fine. Not a dr.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:lol. I have to take a happy pill(s) to reach my drinking destination.

You should definitely get on something. You're not well.

Maybe I should take klonopin with wine as a chaser?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You sure like your substances

This! op needs to get clean.

No one asked you for your thoughts on the appropriateness of benzos.

It's the benzo fueled ride on the way to drink her ass off which gave me pause.

It's a trip to wine country, not a booze cruise in Cancun. Get a grip!

[Anonymous]

Can we please stop shaming others. The discourse is so toxic. God. Do unto others. Be kind.

[Anonymous]

Didn't you figure this out last year? https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1277582.page